Halifax-based non-profit Genome Atlantic has announced the development of a $1.4 million research project to develop new surveillance tools to help identify and track genes involved in superbugs.

In a statement, Genome Atlantic said that bacteria

Halifax-based Beyond Food Inc. has closed a $1 million funding round to help it launch its system that will convert aging supermarket produce into a powdered food supplement.

The company issued a press release this week saying it raised the money

Any time an economic metric more than quadruples in one year, you have to figure it was a pretty good year. So, 2018 was definitely a good period for funding by New Brunswick startups.

Though all the funding from last year has yet to be announced,

As it extends its mandate beyond the university’s business school, the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre is focusing more heavily on helping students launch social enterprises.

Founded almost two decades ago as the Sobey School

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2019 Breakthru Competition, which will award more than $500,000 in prize money next month.

The New Brunswick early-stage venture capital organization holds the

Our Job of the Week column today showcases a position as a Sales Development Representative at Halifax’s Harbr, which makes software for the construction industry.

Harbr, which has made a commitment to gender parity in its hiring, has developed a

Nova Scotians can now access a free, interactive online tool to help them assess their solar potential and calculate how much they’d save by installing solar panels.

SolarAssist is a new web platform that gives Nova Scotians the tools and

When the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced this week that it was adopting a blockchain-based ticket distribution system, it brought in a tech company that is partly based in Halifax.

The federation – whose official name is the Real

Innovacorp has named Nicole LeBlanc, Director of Investments and Partnerships at Sidewalk Labs, and women's leadership advocate Eleanor Beaton to its board of directors.

The Nova Scotia early-stage venture capital group issued a statement Thursday

The pillars of a startup ecosystem – working spaces, university, funding agency, support organizations, network of mentors – have been in place for well over a year. A recent visit to the P.E.I. capital showed how these components are now maturing.

Two fast-growing Nova Scotian companies have been named to the 2019 Global Cleantech 100, an international list of companies deemed most likely to solve clean technology challenges.

Dartmouth-based CarbonCure Technologies, which is working to

Martin Yuill will step down as the head of Charlottetown-based Emergence life sciences incubator next month to head the new Cleantech Commons in Peterborough, Ont.

Under Yuill’s leadership, Emergence has grown into a business development support